The Pentagon Is Lying About Dead Americans While Writing Legal Cover to Kill Iranian Civilians
The Pentagon has three casualty counts. None of them are the same. I’ve been staring at two documents from the Pentagon and I keep coming back to the same question: are they bad at counting, or are they lying? The Intercept published a piece this week showing that CENTCOM’s official casualty count for the Iran…
Altman Proposes Taxing Robots While Selling Them to the Pentagon
The company that dropped its ethics lost to the one that kept them People think I’m a cheerleader for AI. I would say that I’m not a cheerleader for anything. I just want to look at issues logically. AI is not good or bad - it’s just a tool - used by people - who…
The CIA Director’s Grandson Summoned the Pope’s Envoy - and Many at the Vatican Heard a Threat
The Pentagon invoked a medieval hostage crisis to silence the pope So, the Pentagon summoned the Vatican’s ambassador to a meeting in January and it went about as well as you’d expect. Elbridge Colby - he’s the Under Secretary of War for Policy, which, yes, they actually call it the Department of War now - …
The US Bombed Military Targets on Iran’s Oil Island the Same Day Hungary Lined Up a Deal for US Oil
The war is the sales pitch.
Pete Hegseth Fired the Army Chief of Staff and Replaced Him With His Own Personal Aide
The Army tried to hold a standard this week. Then Hegseth fired the guy running the Army.
Pete Hegseth’s Broker Tried to Buy Defense Stocks Weeks Before the Iran War Started
Pete Hegseth's broker tried to invest millions in defense contractors before the Iran war. The investment fell through. The whole system lets this happen - and always has.
Memphis Police Pepper-Sprayed the Protest Marshals at the No Kings March
Memphis held a massive No Kings march Saturday. It ended with pepper spray, three arrests, and a brand-new Tennessee law used to charge the people keeping marchers safe.
Hegseth Kicked Out the Trans Troops to Replace Them With Potheads and Old Dudes
The Army will take your 42-year-old knees and your weed conviction. It will not take your trans identity. And Hegseth is pushing out the trans troops it already trained.
The Sanctions Boomerang
Russia gave Iran intel to target U.S. bases. Americans died. Two weeks later we suspended sanctions on Russian oil. Make it make sense.
The Spending Spree Is the Receipt
The Pentagon blew a record $93 billion in one month on lobster, pianos, and recliners. Two months later, 42 million Americans lost food stamps for the first time ever.
The Promotion Nobody Noticed
Trump didn't fire Kristi Noem. He gave her a brand-new title, a whole hemisphere to work with, and zero Senate oversight. The horse commercial got her fired. Not the dead Americans.
The Cyber Strategy That Gutted Its Own Defense Team
Trump's new cyber strategy brags about Iran and Venezuela while CISA has lost a third of its staff and the Salt Typhoon investigation is dead. Great offense. No defense.